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The Original Names of God and Jesus Christ
God (Lord) – YHWH is the name for the God of the Israelites. Ancient Hebrew was written without vowels, so some argue whether the pronunciation is Yahweh or Jehovah. Yahweh is considered too sacred for utterance, so it was replaced vocally in the synagogue ritual by the Hebrew word Adonai (“My Lord”), which was translated as Kyrios (“Lord”). YHWH is often translated, ‘I exist‘ or ‘He exists‘. In Exodus 3:14, God said to Moses ‘I am who I am‘.
Jesus – Jesus is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua. Joshua is the English translation of the name Jesus.
Christ – Christos (Greek) means the anointed one or the Messiah.
Heavens to Murgatroyd
Tom Waits’ song Raised Right Men which featured here on Monday commences with ‘Heavens to murgatroid, miners to coal‘. What does Heavens to Murgatroyd mean?
Heavens to Murgatroyd gained popularity from the American cartoon character Snagglepuss (see above). Hanna-Barbera used it because it was a random surname and sounded humorous and unexpected. Similar in meaning to ‘Good Grief’. It is a variant on Heavens to Betsy.
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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Loved that cartoon as a child…
I can remember most vaguely his ‘stage left’ thing
Lol…always cracked me up..Exit stage left always set us off laughing…
That’s the only thing I remember from it, but I do have some recollection that I had a good time watching it. It’s interesting to read your take-away.
Watching cartoons with my brothers, great memories….
How many brothers do you have? I have a younger one living in Australia. He’s the ants pants.
I had 3. My youngest brother was my best friend also. He passed away in 2006..I have never been the same. Still got great brothers…I remember you talking about your Brother, he sounds really cool 😎
I’m sorry to read the passing of your younger brother. I can’t imagine the impact of that loss on you. It’s great you still have a good band of brothers around.
Yeh, I’m very proud of my little brother. He went out the front door and I went out the back.
Thanks Matt…